The Holy Innocents

The Holy Innocents

107 mins | Drama | April 4, 1984

Somewhere in the spanish country, in the 60s. Paco and his wife Régula are very poor. They work as tenant farmers for a very wealthy landowner. They have 3 children. One is backward. The others can not got to school because the master "needs" their work. When Regula's brother is fired from where he has worked for 61 years, he settles down at their little place... An attack against the archaism of the spanish country of the 60s.

The Holy Innocents

107 mins | Drama | April 4, 1984

The Holy Innocents
Somewhere in the spanish country, in the 60s. Paco and his wife Régula are very poor. They work as tenant farmers for a very wealthy landowner. They have 3 children. One is backward. The others can not got to school because the master "needs" their work. When Regula's brother is fired from where he has worked for 61 years, he settles down at their little place... An attack against the archaism of the spanish country of the 60s.
IMDb rating 8.1
Producers TVE, Ganesh Pictures
Original title Los santos inocentes
Directors Marisa Ibarra, Walter Prieto, Benito Rabal, Azucena Rodríguez, Mario Camus
Writers Miguel Delibes, Mario Camus, Antonio Larreta, Manolo Matji

Cast

Alfredo Landa

as Paco, El Bajo

Terele Pávez

as Régula

Belén Ballesteros

as Nieves

Juan Sachez

as Quirce

Susana Sánchez

as La Niña Chica

Francisco Rabal

as Azarías

Ágata Lys

as Doña Pura

Agustín González

as Don Pedro

Juan Diego

as Señorito Iván

Mary Carrillo

as Señora Marquesa

José Guardiola

as Señorito de la Jara

Manuel Zarzo

as Don Manuel, el doctor

Maribel Martín

as Miriam

Liberto Rabal

as Carlos Alberto

Pepín Salvador

as Obispo